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UK Club's List of Health Concerns

"The CKCS Club Committee (and all the Regional Clubs) were asked to input to the KC their prioritised list of health concerns within the breed. The CKCS Club prioritised the list in the following order:

[1.] MVD

[2.] Neurological Conditions

[3.] Ocular Conditions

[4.] Cancer

[5.] Auditory Conditions"
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I fully understand items 1, 2, 3, and 5. I don't quite grasp the high ranking of cancer.

MVD stands alone on this list, rather than being classified as a "Heart Condition". So, that would exclude other possible heart or circulatory disorders.

Neurological Conditions should include Chiari-like malformation (CM) and syringomyelia due to CM (CM/SM), as well as Episodic Falling Syndrome, Fly Catchers Disorder, and epilepsy.

Thats all very well, a good list, but what are the rules regarding to breeding with dogs dianosed with these conditions, or plainly not having been tested as no symptoms some people assume means they done have it. As for cancer ive not heard of any cavaliers with it as yet. di

What's the difference between a new husband and a new dog? After a year, the dog is still excited to see you.

I do not know the incidence of cancer in Cavaliers but I think cancer risk is high in most breeds of dogs after a certain age. What concerns me about this list is the lack of specificity. While MVD is specific and informative, to me, to list "neurological" conditions generically, without stating what they are, is not particularly helpful. Same with "ocular" and "auditory". For example, stating auditory does not tell me whether it is congenital deafness, PSOM, or what have you. Perhaps there is a breakdown with more detail elsewhere?

Phyllis in West Virginia USA with two Clumbers and a Cavalier Named Buddy